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romney is at 28% favorable. that's a lower score than almost all the recent party nominees at the same time. that includes john mccain, john kerry, and bob dole. what's behind the low favorable? rob porter is a backer of romney. that's a pretty low favorability rating for a candidate who has spent millions or tens of millions of dollars either directly or through his super pac. >> it's about the primary. once we're through the primary, things will be different. he will be talking about barack obama. this is typical of a primary. republicans have formed the circular firing squad and firing at each other right now. pretty soon when super tuesday is over, i think we'll see more and more people jumping on board the romney campaign, as we saw yesterday with eric cantor. you'll see more focus on not just the obama record, but also our positive agenda going forward. >> let me show you some numbers here that must be disspiriting to a guy like yourself. look at how your candidate is doing. the latest nbc "wall street jou
romney is at 28% favorable. that's a lower score than almost all the recent party nominees at the same time. that includes john mccain, john kerry, and bob dole. what's behind the low favorable? rob porter is a backer of romney. that's a pretty low favorability rating for a candidate who has spent millions or tens of millions of dollars either directly or through his super pac. >> it's about the primary. once we're through the primary, things will be different. he will be talking about...
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going after romney? not here, the paul campaign goes after every other candidate, but never mitt romney. money talks, but the debate on birth control that sparked debates in recent months, a lot of democrats say republicans have had a war on women. richard hannah was the sole republican in a rally in washington, and he had quite a message for the women in the crowd, let's listen. >> contribute your money to people who can speak out on your behalf because the other side, my side, has a lot of it. and, you know, you need to send your own message. this is a dog fight, it's a fist fight, and you have all of the cards. i can only tell you to get out there and use them. make it matter, get out there, get on tv, advertise, talk about this, the fact that you want it, is evidence that you deserve it and that you need it. >>> did you catch that? he is saying donate your money to the other side as in the democrats. he is going to take heat from his party for that, but he is a pro-choice advocate anyway, it may not
going after romney? not here, the paul campaign goes after every other candidate, but never mitt romney. money talks, but the debate on birth control that sparked debates in recent months, a lot of democrats say republicans have had a war on women. richard hannah was the sole republican in a rally in washington, and he had quite a message for the women in the crowd, let's listen. >> contribute your money to people who can speak out on your behalf because the other side, my side, has a lot...
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going after romney, not here. the fall campaign has released ads that go after every other candidate but never mitt romney. >>> next up, money talks, but the heated debate on employer-covered birth control sparking a heated debate in recent months. republican lawmakers have waged a sort of war on women. well, richard hannah was the equal rights spokesman on monday and he had quite a message for the crowd. le let's watch. >> you're giving money to people who can speak out on your behalf because oert sithe other side, , hays lot of it. you need to send your own message. this is a dogfight, a fist fight and you have all the cards. i can only tell you to get out there and use them. make it matter. get out there, get on tv, advertise. the fact is you need it. >> he seem to be saying donate your money to the other side as in the democrats. he's going to take heat from his party for that one, but as hanna is a pro-choice advocate, anyway, this may not be the first time he took heat from his own crowd. >>> finally, rememb
going after romney, not here. the fall campaign has released ads that go after every other candidate but never mitt romney. >>> next up, money talks, but the heated debate on employer-covered birth control sparking a heated debate in recent months. republican lawmakers have waged a sort of war on women. well, richard hannah was the equal rights spokesman on monday and he had quite a message for the crowd. le let's watch. >> you're giving money to people who can speak out on your...
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are they debating between santorum and romney? i don't believe it. >> my theory is simply they're worried embracing romney too soon could come back to haunt them some day when they run for president. >> they don't want it on the record. they're not etch-a-sketchs. >> but they will endorse him. >> of course, but they want to do it in a way that -- >> like by press release or tweet? >> can you get the 1144 by jim? >> you tell me who is in wisconsin, and i will tell you if he gets 1144. coming up, republicans are passing new measures that would restrict access to birth control and abortion, is this a war on women? they're losing support ofwomen in many polls right now, and that's ahead on "hardball," only on msnbc. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ th
are they debating between santorum and romney? i don't believe it. >> my theory is simply they're worried embracing romney too soon could come back to haunt them some day when they run for president. >> they don't want it on the record. they're not etch-a-sketchs. >> but they will endorse him. >> of course, but they want to do it in a way that -- >> like by press release or tweet? >> can you get the 1144 by jim? >> you tell me who is in wisconsin, and i...
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romney let four days pass. romney only responded and he said something like these weren't the words i would have used. he seems more scared of rush limbaugh, according to george will yesterday, than he is of our enemies in this world. why is your party so afraid of rush limbaugh? >> well, i think what the party is is focused on jobs and the economy. if you listen to what he's been saying the last few days, i went to two plant tours with him today and a couple of rallies. it's all about the economy. you've heard that. you've heard his message. >> hey, i'm with you on that. >> we're talking so much about the jobs and the economy and not talking about other issues. he has very specific proposals on tax reform and energy policy and health care costs. that's what people want to hear about. i was talking to a lot of workers after the visits. they are concerned about their jobs and about what's going on in the economy. they are concerned with energy in particularly here in ohio. we want to develop our energy resources
romney let four days pass. romney only responded and he said something like these weren't the words i would have used. he seems more scared of rush limbaugh, according to george will yesterday, than he is of our enemies in this world. why is your party so afraid of rush limbaugh? >> well, i think what the party is is focused on jobs and the economy. if you listen to what he's been saying the last few days, i went to two plant tours with him today and a couple of rallies. it's all about...
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and romney is trying to play to the center for romney. a lot of people are trying to move it back to the middle. >> by the way, the usual so-called men's issues of foreign policy, let's go to war, i have to have my gun, execute everybody that commits a crime. nobody wants to go to war right now that i know of. and the gun thing is where it's at. >> the gun thing -- look at what happened with the balanced budget fight a year ago. it was planned parenthood defunding. that was the issue. the republicans came in and talked about fiscal responsibility and jobs and they ended up make the fight about planned parenthood. they have gone down that road. rick santorum took them further on contraception and the other issues. >> this is going to have such a huge impact because it's going to force to pick a running mate to the right and that's going to lose him to the gender gap and democrats are going to get that gender gap, which is what they have needed to win. >> and having ann romney come out and say, i know you care about the economy too is not g
and romney is trying to play to the center for romney. a lot of people are trying to move it back to the middle. >> by the way, the usual so-called men's issues of foreign policy, let's go to war, i have to have my gun, execute everybody that commits a crime. nobody wants to go to war right now that i know of. and the gun thing is where it's at. >> the gun thing -- look at what happened with the balanced budget fight a year ago. it was planned parenthood defunding. that was the...
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romney was stronger in hate to say it moderate places but romney has won other places in the south if you count florida as not southern. three candidates represent three regions of the country and slightly different ideologies and we'll see how it goes. it is great theater for us on the president's team and the long ter goes on t longer it goes on the better. >> do you think they're being blown in the ear or whispered in the ear or whatever by saying, look, keep this guy gingrich in the race? >> that is the interesting thing about these super pacs. >> alison as smart guy. really smart. i met him once. he is very smart in his business sense. why is he backing a guy who ain't going anywhere unless there is some kind of rim shot bunker shot whatever you call it. what is going on? why does he want gingrich in the race except to cut the advantage down for you guys? >> well, that could be. i don't know what the reason is. what i do know though is that mitt romney's super pack has spent over $30 million of negative ads. he outspent anybody and can't put anybody away. he out spent us probably
romney was stronger in hate to say it moderate places but romney has won other places in the south if you count florida as not southern. three candidates represent three regions of the country and slightly different ideologies and we'll see how it goes. it is great theater for us on the president's team and the long ter goes on t longer it goes on the better. >> do you think they're being blown in the ear or whispered in the ear or whatever by saying, look, keep this guy gingrich in the...
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romney. they are settling. there's no question. the song in my head. if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with. and i think that's what a lot of republicans have to come to grips with. but again, you got to give romney his due. he did have a big super tuesday night. he won in a bunch of time zones. he won ohio, yes, by the skin of his teeth, but he won it and money a majority of the delegates. >> he still looks like one of the figures at the hall of the presidents. one of those statues that's motorized. they stand up and wave. there he is with his wife. she looks normal. they wave to a crowd of androids who look the same. they all put their placards up at the same time. he turns around and smiles as if he's connecting. he clearly is not a human being connecting with other human beings. look at this. is this real? >> chris, of course it's real. you may not like it. you may want to brand them androids but they are real people supporting a candidate they believe in and that
romney. they are settling. there's no question. the song in my head. if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with. and i think that's what a lot of republicans have to come to grips with. but again, you got to give romney his due. he did have a big super tuesday night. he won in a bunch of time zones. he won ohio, yes, by the skin of his teeth, but he won it and money a majority of the delegates. >> he still looks like one of the figures at the hall of the presidents....
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to romney. it's former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and in that two-man race, romney is the winner over ron paul. finally in verlt, mitt romney is the projected winner of the republican primary in the green mountain state. there you have it. howard fineman is now with us. howard, how would you, i love getting this from you because you're a botmrting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looked like he was losing momentum and he got a lot of wins tonight, three in a very close loss in ohio, what else happened tonight? >> well, what happened tonight, chris, is that the notion that this is a long, long struggle was reinforced rather than ended. this was yet another chance for mitt romney to say, look, this is effectively over and we can wrap it up fairly quickly now. the results don't prove that even though he had a very good night in terms of delegates, a decent to very good night. rick santorum managed to slip the punch. he slipped the
to romney. it's former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and in that two-man race, romney is the winner over ron paul. finally in verlt, mitt romney is the projected winner of the republican primary in the green mountain state. there you have it. howard fineman is now with us. howard, how would you, i love getting this from you because you're a botmrting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looked like he was losing momentum and he got a...
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virginia, because nobody else is running there, goes to romney. vermont goes to romney. but you've got all kinds of action for oklahoma, north dakota, idaho. idaho is lds. he could win there. >> he has a good chance. >> the mormon support there. >> i firmly predict he'll win massachusetts. and ohio is going to be very close. santorum -- >> he's admitting to being governor of massachusetts now. finally. finally running on his record in massachusetts. >> i don't think he's got a problem in massachusetts. ohio will be close. santorum started this week ahead and it will be a close race. romney may well win. let me tell you something else. rick santorum made a huge mistake by playing ball with the obama campaign in a cynical -- >> how did he do that? >> to get liberal democrats to come into the republican primary and cast malicious crossover votes. and it worked. >> they were malicious. how do you know a lot of those people didn't just prefer santorum to romney? >> because -- >> then it's not malicious. >> he's a weaker opponent. >> that's what your candidate said he did in m
virginia, because nobody else is running there, goes to romney. vermont goes to romney. but you've got all kinds of action for oklahoma, north dakota, idaho. idaho is lds. he could win there. >> he has a good chance. >> the mormon support there. >> i firmly predict he'll win massachusetts. and ohio is going to be very close. santorum -- >> he's admitting to being governor of massachusetts now. finally. finally running on his record in massachusetts. >> i don't...
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ann romney is trying to play to the center for romney. a lot of people are trying to move it back to the middle. >> the usual so-called man's issues of macho foreign policy, let's go to war, i've got to have my gun and execute everybody that commits a crime, i haven't heard much of that by the way. nobody wants to go to war right now that i've heard of. the gun thing is sort of where it's at. >> the gun thing is sort of under the radar. but look at what happened with the balanced budget fight a year ago. what did it fall apart on mostly? it was planned parenthood's defunding. that was the issue. the republicans came in, and they talked about fiscal responsibility, about jobs, and they ended up making the fight about planned parenthood. they've gone down that road. and you're right. rick santorum took them further on contraception and other issues. >> this is going to have such a huge impact. it's going to force romney to pick a running mate if he's the nominee to the right. that's going to lose him to the gender gap. democrats are going t
ann romney is trying to play to the center for romney. a lot of people are trying to move it back to the middle. >> the usual so-called man's issues of macho foreign policy, let's go to war, i've got to have my gun and execute everybody that commits a crime, i haven't heard much of that by the way. nobody wants to go to war right now that i've heard of. the gun thing is sort of where it's at. >> the gun thing is sort of under the radar. but look at what happened with the balanced...
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romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican nominee for president. the media, self included, has been wrong about who would show strength and who would be viable. but it's not just the media. it's insiders who have been really, really, really wrong about this race in guy say real insider. >> we're going to win this thing with all our passion and strength. >> that was mitt romney in marion, iowa, before the iowa caucuses predicting that he would win iowa. mr. romney, of course, lost iowa to rick santorum. now, this was mitt romney's campaign saying in a web ad that south carolina would pick a president i
romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican...
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mitt romney in the lead. mitt romney had been favored heading into this race, in part because of its proximity to the his home state of massachusetts and its relatively moderate republican voting population. but at this point, too early to call in vermont. newt gingrich has won georgia and mitt romney has won virginia. let's go to chuck todd, nbc's political director, ahead of what we will hear from ohio. what are you watching for? >> i want to make a couple of delegates points on georgia and virginia for everybody. if mitt romney, watch percentage numbers here, mitt romney gets over 50% state-wide, he gets all the at-large delegates. if he carries every congressional district, even if he doesn't get 50, he gets the rest of them, he is likely to get all 46 tonight, we will see. maybe ron paul can sneak in a delegate or somehow hold him under 50. we called it, two men on the race, not under 50. the question does he win one congressional district? the other thing is in georgia, 20% is threshold to get a delegat
mitt romney in the lead. mitt romney had been favored heading into this race, in part because of its proximity to the his home state of massachusetts and its relatively moderate republican voting population. but at this point, too early to call in vermont. newt gingrich has won georgia and mitt romney has won virginia. let's go to chuck todd, nbc's political director, ahead of what we will hear from ohio. what are you watching for? >> i want to make a couple of delegates points on georgia...